Name/Title
Board of Trustees Correspondence, May 1904-Aug 1904Entry/Object ID
2012.18.9Scope and Content
Acc. No. 12.18.9
Subject Category:
Date or Period: May 1904 - Aug 1904
Object: Folder, file
Description: Acid-free legal size manila file folder with documents, marked on the reverse with a number in black ink, from 401 to 450.
History of Object: Correspondence with the Board of Trustees, found in the attic of City Hall in the 1990s, and refoldered in 2012. The original folder was marked '401-450' on the folder tab. Documents in this folder pertain to: petitions to move houses, permit to stage a 4th of July Celebration at Neptune Gardens; first Library report after new library opened; transfers of licenses; petition of support for the Frank Perkins diary; permission from Corps of Engineers to plant trees along the Tidal Canal; notification by C. W. Fisher that he was continuing for himself the former Puget Sound Lumber Co., as Fisher Lumber Co.
Details:
Documents in this folder pertain to: #401: petition by W.E. Chamberlain to move a house from Broadway to Park Street; #402: petition to erect a shed behind 2333 Santa Clara Ave. (denied); #403: Treasurer's Quarterly Report; #404 permit request by West End Alameda Improvement Association to arrange the fourth of July 1904 Celebration at Neptune Gardens, and ball in the evening; #405: Board of Health request transfer of funds; #405 1/2: complaint about pound men; #406: offer for a destructor; #407: permit to change 1337 Park Street; #407 1/2: petition to transfer Parl Hotel Bar liquor license from P. A. Dean to A.T. Dean; #408: petition to move a house from Braidway to Encinal; #409: petition to remodel building on corner of Park Street and Railroad Ave.; #411: offer of pumps; #412: Flyer from the Humane Society to participate in a convention during World's Fair of 1904; #413: Water test results from Dr. Carpenter, Veterinary and Food Inspector; #416: petition by John Jones to connect 1514 and 1516 Park Street; #416 1/2: petition by M. Joost to transfer liquor license at Encinal and Walnut to M. Joost & Sons; #417: report of inspection of fire alarm system and suggestions; #418: protest against being served a notice of nuisance at grass 1139 Broadway; #419: application for job of assistant Engineer at the Electric Light Plant; #420: petition of no complaint for the Frank Perkins dairy; #421: petition from Alameda Advancement Association to install lights along Park Street; #422: Annual Library report; #423: quotes for equipment by non-local company; #424: flyer for American Mining Congress Session; #426: Letter from Colonel Heuer of the Corps of Engineers, allowing the City to plant trees along the Tidal Canal; #427: petition of support for Christ Johnsen of 1304 Ninth Street as Assistant Engineer at the Electric Light Works; #428, 437: City Clerk (assistant) Frank R. Thompson forwarding a resolution from Oakland City Council to get water from the Sierra Nevada Mountains; #428 1/2: request for increas in pay from an Employee at the Electric Light Plant; #429, 431: petitions against an ordinance regulating chickens or pigeons: #430: permit request to macadamize Webster; 432: permit transfer request of peddler's license from J. L. Nunes to J. Baldramos; #433: earnings statement of Oakland Transit Consolidated; #434: Request to regulate the shooting practice of Company G.; $435: letter about an inurance policy; #436: Board of Health requests transfer of fubnds; #438: C. W. Fisher taking Puget Sound Lumber Co., as Fisher Lumber Co.; #439: earnings statement from Oakland Transit; #440: request for the Electric Light employees to be more careful around her tree; #441: permit to plant trees and shurbs and lawns along Tidal Canal, by Secretary of War , #442: invitation to Convention of League of Municipalitities; #443: notification that R. Weise [Electric Light Plant] was found unfit for his duties; #444: request by board of health to pay 'the men who removed the horses from the Sherman Street', and salaries for August; #445: Bill for the Electric Light Plant; #446: request to provide power from Western Card & Paper Co, 1533 Verdi Street; #447: permit request by the German Ladies' Relief Association to hold a whist tournament; #448: complaint against the Fire Dept. inspection, prompted by a fire in the Central Stables; #449: petition to have City Engineer survey land to open Eagle Avanue; #450: petition protest against tax rate increase.
Acquired from: City of Alameda
Catalog Date: February 18, 2012